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| Bulgaria in Brief: | Bulgaria Issue Endearing Statement after Catastrophic Loss from England Bulgaria's national football team has come up with a statement appealing to Bulgarian fans for support after the catastrophic 4:0 loss from England at the start of the Euro 2012 qualifications.
In the statement published by the Bulgarian Football Union, the players and coaches of the Bulgarian national football team declare that they "commiserate" with the Bulgarian people after Friday's loss at Wembley in London.
"We are suffering no less that you are," the football players have told the Bulgarian fans.
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| | Bulgaria's F1-Gate Expands as Abu Dhabi Executive Gets ThreatsThe representative of Abu Dhabi company EABG, who arrived in Sofia Saturday to clear an international scandal about the construction of a Bulgarian Formula 1 track, has received not just racket demands but also threats.
The "Bulgarian F1-gate" erupted over the past week starting after the press office of the Bulgarian Economy Ministry reported incorrect information about a cooperation agreement between the Ministry and Abu Dhabi consortium Emirates Associated Business Group (EABG), allegedly for the construction of a Formula 1 track near Sofia.
It received a new spin on Saturday when EABG representative Anwar Badwan, whose position at the consortium is reported to be that of an "adviser", announced that as the Formula 1 scandal developed, he had received a racketeering email reading, "Send USD 94 M in order to iron out the misunderstandings.... |
| | Bulgarian Socialists Aggrieved by PM's Diplomatic Corps CommentThe opposition Socialist Party has reacted with criticism to comments by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov about the uselessness of some Bulgarian embassies and involvement of their staff with private business.
In an almost immediate statement provided to the BGNES agency, the Foreign Policy Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party defines as "unacceptable" and "damaging" the Prime Minister's comments, in which he justified the apparently planned shutting of a number of Bulgarian diplomatic missions with the argument that many members of the diplomatic corps did not do their job properly and served their private interests abroad.
"These statements on part of the head of the Bulgarian government made in principle, without specific names and the proper evidence damage the prestige of the Bulgarian diplomats as a whole and practically shatter the legitimacy of the Bulgarian diplomatic corps before our partners," declared the Socialist Party.
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| | Bulgaria Lose 2 Key Players before Crucial Montenegro MatchBulgaria's national football team has lost two of its key players to injuries two days before its second Euro 2012 qualification match against Montenegro.
The match is seen as being of crucial importance for preserving Bulgaria's chances to make it to Euro 2012 after the national team suffered a devastating 4:0 loss from England at Wembley on Friday in its first game from the qualification cycle.
The midfielder of the Russian FC Rostov Chavdar Yankov and right wingback of the Dutch team PSV Eindhoven Stanislav Manolev will not be able to play against Montenegro on Tuesday because of injuries they suffered during the national team's match against England.
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| | Bulgarian PM: We Got Useless EmbassiesBulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has confirmed indirectly the reports about the closing of Bulgarian diplomatic missions abroad.
"We currently have embassies that we really don't know why we have them. There are employees of the Foreign Ministry working outside Bulgaria who are there only to favor their private business, and have not anything for our country," Borisov declared in the village of Voyvodinovo near Plovdiv on Sunday when asked about the rumors of shutting dozens of embassies.
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